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I want to congratulate the NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams for doing such a thorough job reporting the true, 9.4 percent (not "double digits") nature of Hillary Clinton's win in Pennsylvania on last night's news. You can see the two graphics they used below.
(For the record, CBS News did a terrible job, just saying "Hillary Clinton's ten point win in the Pennsylvania primary has given her campaign new life and new money...", and ABC News did almost as poor a job, saying "Hillary Clinton argues her nearly 10 point victory over Barack Obama shows she's more electable..." while showing a graphic with 55 percent and 45 percent in big numbers, and the vote totals below them... the same vote totals that -- if you did the math -- worked out to the true, 9.4 percent win.)
I am highlighting this "truth in reporting" issue again, because this afternoon I actually saw the folks on MSNBC debating - not just reporting - Hillary Clinton's attempt to redefine "winning the nomination contest" as "the person with the most votes to their name - no matter how those votes were cast" (meaning, even the votes she got in Michigan).
This story is pure, 100 percent, George Bush-level redefining reality to suit your purposes behavior on the part of Hillary and her campaign.
And what does the mainstream media do about it? Well, so far, it treats it like a real story... like a "reality" that just might be true.
Watching people debate whether Hillary's version of reality could be true or not... rather than seeing an anchor person simply report "Hillary and her campaign are trying to claim they are winning when, in actuality, they are not."... just provides me with more evidence of the mainstream media's "stupidity factor"... something I wrote about in my commentary on last week's ABC News debate.
If the media is going to turn Hillary Clinton saying she is winning -- based on some completely fabricated logic system that holds no relationship to the truth -- into a debatable issue, then the media might as well pack up their sound trucks and go home. They will have proven themselves incapable of doing their job... which is to help the citizens of America be informed, not dumbed down.
In the inimitable words of Donald Trump, we, the people of the United States, may just have to say to the mainstream media.... "You're fired."
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Hillary "new math" on the popular vote.......if this is how she adds.....i wonder what she thinks our nations debt totals are? ( no doubt she would use subtraction on this point)......................................... Talk about Delusions of Granduar.....
FL. and Mich DO NOT count.... they broke the rules. period....
no matter how you feel about this...one thing is for sure...we cannot break rules and then spin that it is ok..we should count all the votes.. I feel the delegates should be seated 50/50...thats it. I am beginning to feel Hillarys new motto should be.....
I HAVE A SOLUTION..... RULES ARE MADE TO BE BROKEN
Yes, the election process falls just short of that decisive, well-oiled mathematical machine it should inherently be. But the notion that a candidate could lobby the party like that of a 4th grader who argues a goal in kick ball in the school yard, raises the bar of disgust, especially when presented as a legitimate explanation to what might transpire.
The posturing by the Journal and Clinton's campaign that this nonsense is reasonable behavior for genuine, honest adults and professionals in full view of the public is one of the most offensive things I think I've read amongst the pile in some time.
Is this where they establish their “Florida-voting-machine-like” foreshadow?
Quality print news, which used to be the respected source, is fast disappearing because the independents are dying and because people prefer junk TV and internet sludge. It is not really the fault of the junk-purveyors. The market is there and we are a capitalistic society. There is a huge opening in the news market that no one is filling except maybe PBS. And they bore people. Maybe this campaign will push someone into the void and we'll wind up with some accurate, yet jazzy, new programming.
And Stephen, you are not exempt from the mob. There is plenty of the same nonsense that is pro-Obama. You did not mention that, but you are engaged in commentary, not news, so it doesn't really matter.
All this "white working class" not voting for him cr!p is code for "I'm not voting for the black guy."
I dont care if a new primary has to be held but not counting all the votes is affront to democratic principles and will tarnish any victory.
I play by the rules at work. I play by the rules at church. I play by the rules in the games I play. I may not always win - but life is like that. You win some - you lose some. Hillary can try again in 4 or 8 years. :-) Obama 08 - can't wait. :-) Remember to vote for your candidate of choice. It is the American way. :-)
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CNN @ 1830 central 4/24 100% philadelphia
Clinton 1,260,444 [54.6436%] [[ 2,306,664 ]]
Obama 1,046,220 [45.3564%] margin [9.2872%]
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Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Secretary of State results:
9,263 of 9,264 precincts reporting [99.99%] with (1) philadelphia district still out [99.94%]
1830 central 4/24:
Clinton 1,245,911 [54.5528%] [[ 2,283,864 ]]
Obama 1,037,953 [45.4472%] margin [9.1056%]
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If Obama, winning more delegates and more votes is not electable, then what would the status of the losing Hillary be?
It boggles the mind when you really listen.
The media proved themselves incapable months ago. The public gave ABC a giant smack down for it after the "debate" - and they STILL do it.
They are utterly without integrity.